Test 1 · ★ · Protests, petitions and young activists

"Back in my day we just wrote to our MP, now kids think a TikTok's protest" — Ruby wrote a polite letter and got a reply. What does that show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, kids, Ruby, TikTok, that · What happens: write, think, get, protest, show · To what, where: MP, protest, polite letter, reply

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 38 «Protests, petitions and young activists» of the politics course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

Sentence 1: "Back in my day we just wrote to our MP, now kids think a TikTok's protest" — Ruby wrote a polite letter and got a reply.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Back	punct
2	Back	back	ADV	_	8 wrote	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 day	case
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 day	nmod:poss
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrote	obl
6	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 wrote	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 wrote	advmod
8	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 MP	case
10	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 MP	nmod:poss
11	MP	mp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrote	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 think	punct
13	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 think	advmod
14	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 think	nsubj
15	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 wrote	parataxis
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 TikTok	det
17	TikTok	TikTok	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 protest	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 TikTok	case
19	protest	protest	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 think	obj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 think	punct
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	23 wrote	punct
22	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 wrote	nsubj
23	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wrote	conj
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 letter	det
25	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 letter	amod
26	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 wrote	obj
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 got	cc
28	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 wrote	conj
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 reply	det
30	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 got	obj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wrote	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	write in a quote	past	we		our MP	day	vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to mp=Recipient
2	think speech: other in a quote	present	kids	a TikTok's protest		now	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot protest=Theme
3	write	past	Ruby	a polite letter			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme
4	get	past	Ruby not said here	a reply			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reply=Stimulus
5	protest in a quote		a TikTok				nom protest «communication transitive»: poss=agent

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Sentence 2: What does that show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	that						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

Letters to MPs are against the rules unless a grown-up signs them and posts them for you

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rules	nsubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	3 MPs	case
3	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Letters	nmod
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rules	cop
5	against	against	ADP	_	7 rules	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rules	det
7	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	13 signs	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 up	det
10	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 up	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 up	punct
12	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 signs	nsubj
13	signs	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rules	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 signs	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 posts	cc
16	posts	post	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 signs	conj
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 posts	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 you	case
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 posts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Letters to MPs		against the rules	tree rules
2	sign a condition, not said to happen	present	a grown up	Letters = letter		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination
3	post	present	a grown up not said here	Letters = letter	for you	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Only grandparents can write to MPs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 grandparents	advmod
2	grandparents	grandparent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 write	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 write	aux
4	write	write	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 MPs	case
6	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 write	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	can	grandparents		MPs				vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to mp=Recipient

Option 3

MPs only answer TikToks now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	MPs	mp	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 answer	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 answer	advmod
3	answer	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	TikToks	tiktok	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 answer	obj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 answer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	present	MPs	TikToks			now		vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent tiktok=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Writing to your MP is still a real way to be heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 way	csubj
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 MP	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 MP	nmod:poss
4	MP	mp	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 way	cop
6	still	still	ADV	_	9 way	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 way	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	amod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	12 heard	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 heard	aux:pass
12	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	write	gerund			your MP		vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V PP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent to mp=Recipient
2	is a	present	Writing	a real way		still	tree rules
3	hear	to-infinitive · passive					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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